Improvement in eyeleting-machines



No. 41,303. PATENTBD JAN. 19, 1864. J. KEITH. EYELBTING MACHINE.

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UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAYH-KEIT'H, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

l IMPROVEMENT IN eYeLsTme-mAeHiNi-zs.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 1,303', dated January 19,1864.

.a new and useful invention of an improved eyeleting-machine or machinery for fixing metallic eyelets in cloth or other material and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following lspecii'cation and vrepresented in the accompanying drawings,

of which--` v Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a front view, and Fig. 3 a transverse section, of such machine. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of its eyelet receiver or hopper and thedirecting-A ports thereof, Fig. 5 is a. vertical section of the directing-ports of the reservoir and chute. Fig. 6is a vertical section of the eyelet-chute. The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of one or more directing ports or passages, in jmann'er substantially as described, with the hopper andthe chute of the -eyeletingmachine, in order that the eyelets may becaused to enter the chute with their wider ends downward; and furthermore, my invention consists in acombination ofthe following elemeizits--that is 'to say, first, the eyelet pin second, a mechanism for feeding the eyelets to the pin; third, a mechanLsm for up setting them fourth, a mechanism which will perform the functionsv of holding the eyelet-pin down while an eyelet is being fed upon the pin-anvil, and subsequently operating to elevate the eyelet-pin or eii'ect its elevationv It plays vertically within the frame A, and carries a punch, f, which operates to punch in the cloth orematerial the holes for reception of the eyelets, such cloth or material to be eyeleted being placed on another anvil, g, arranged underneath the said punch, in manner as shown in the drawings.

` The upsetter and punch are to be moved downward by a rod, h, to which a foot-treadle,

maybe applied. A spring or other proper means may be'employed to effect the elevation l u of the npsetter and the punch.

The mechanism for feeding the eyelets to the eyelet-pin anvilconsists of la chute or spout, B,

and a supplying reservoirorhopper, C. Within the latter are two stationary brushes, i t', and a vibrating brush, k, the latter bruslrbeing carried by a lever, l, so connected with-,the chute as ltoloe movable with and by. it. These brushes serve to agitate the eyelets within the reservoir in order that they -may pass into the Leading from the hopper C into the chute is a series of ports or pasdischarging-ports.

sages, m m m, the form of each of which in vertical section is shown in Fig. 6, each being wider atyits bottom than at its top, and made so as to guide and direct an eyelet from the box into the chute only when the flange or wider part of the eyelet is lowermost. Under these circumstances each eyelet, when in the chnte,will rest with itstlange on the bottom f of the chute, as shown in Fig. 6. The arrangement of each of the directing-ports, 'm m m, @tc-viz., with its wider end downward-is a feature which causes the eyelets to be properly delivered, flange downward, into the "chute, no eyelet being able to escape from the hopper or reservoir C into the chnte B unless the dan ge of the said eyelet may be downward.

The chute is to 'have reciprocating longitudiual movements imparted to it by means of mechanism consisting of a lever, n, which4 is connected to it by a bar, o, hinged both to the lever andthe chute.. The lower arm of thev lever has a slot, p, into which a projection, q, froma wheel, r, enters. The said wheel has a notch, s, in its periphery. A spring-catch, t, formed as shown in Fig. l, and carried by the treadlerod k, operates in this notch while the rod may be in the act of rising upward, the opera-tion being such as to cause the wheel to be rotated a short distance until thefor'ce of a spring, w, may overcome the hold of the said catch on the wheel and retract the wheel smartly. This will cause the chutel to be moved backward from and afterward to be suddenly thrown' toward Vand over the pin-anvil to the extent sutiicient to carry the lowermost eyelet in the said chute xdirectly upon the anvil. The said pin-anvil b has applied to it a spring-brake or frictionstopper, fu, which, on depression of the pin c by the uprising above the same. i f movement of the chute a cam, w, fixed on t-hev sette1e, will, by its friction or pressure against thespin7 hold such pin down entirely below the upper surface of the anvil and prevent it from lower endof` the said chute, will bc forced against the i'rietion brake or stopper o and so as to press it away from the anvil-pin in a manner to enable the spring d of the said pin to' elevate the pin through the eyelet, which will take place prior Vto the next retreat of the chute.

The sprin g brake or stopper o', the cam w,

. and the spring d constitute a mechanism not only for holding the anvil-pin down, as'described, but for subsequently elevating or effecting the elevation of 'the said pin through an eyelet, in order thatv the eyelet may not onl)1 be leceived from the c hnte during vand by retraction of such chute', but be centralized and be held in place on its anvil while such eyclet may be in the act of being fixed in a During the' forward piece of cloth or other material. A spring, x, at and over the discharging end of the chute. serves to keep the eyelets from falling out'of the chute. v

I claiml 1. The. arrangement of' one or more directing 'ports or passa-ges, in 'manner substantially as described, with the hopper and chute of the eyeletingmachine.

2. A combination consisting of the following elements-viz., the eyelet-pin, a mechanism for feeding the eyelets to the pin,l amechanism which will perform the functions of holding the eyelet-pin down while an eyelet is being fed n pon the pin-anvil and subsequently operating t'o elevate the eyeletpin or eiecj'. its elevation through the eyelet, as specified.

JEREMIAH KEITH.

Witnesses:

EVERETT ROBINSON, JACOB B. SHAW. 

